Hi All,
this is my first Lenco project at all. At the beginning I didn't really know why it was a Lenco. Now it is clear (the next project is already planned).
The background for the Lenco project was the situation that I built up some speakers, a tube amp, a phono pre and ..., yes a source is missing.
The only option was an analogue device.
I bought an old Lenco L75. The cover and the plinth were damaged and the tonearm was also broken, but the platter, bearing and especially the motor were in very good condition.
I bought another platter with a bearing, also very good condition. After the revision the bearings and the motor are more or less new. Until now I haven't polish the platters.
That was the basis for the project and the beginning of reading everything possible about Lenco turntable. No surprise that I found "Lenco Heaven" as one of the first adresses. That's
why I'm here. I started reading a lot of topics about projects, parts, problems ASO.
My Lenco should be just simple. So I decided that the plinth must be birch multiplex wood (like my speakers). I read a lot about the top plate from Peter and so I also decided to use his
top plate for the project. I was open for a tonearm, but for the pickup I had the idea to use a DENON DL103. So I thought a long time about a tonearm. A 12" tonearm would be great.
A big plinth with a long tonearm, but the costs for 12" tonearms reduced the variety to the Jelco 750. I bought one from somebody who never used it, because he also have a Schick
and a Schröder.
This is my first turntable:
The birch multiplex plinth
The DL103 at the Jelco 12"
The Jelco 12" with tonearm collar and spacer from ammonite audio (pretty well)
Peter's Top Plate with Stainless Steel Screws with hexagon socket and self-locking nuts
A new idler wheel from audiosilente (a very good choice)
The original bearing (revised; silent and very little play)
No take from the motor at the moment. He is also revised and very silent.
At the moment I fixed the idler at 33 1/3. There is no Switch, only a fuse, when I connect it to grid, because I'm just working on Nigel's Speed Controller.
The sound of the turntable is amazing. I think without controller better than my LP12, hahaha.
So when I finished the Speed Controller I will start with the next L70/75. This time with the original top plate.
